Reciprocity and Retaliation in U.S. Trade Policy

by Thomas O. Bayard and Kimberly Ann Elliott

Should the United States use retaliatory threats to open foreign markets or deter unfair trading practices? This study reexamines the arguments for and against reciprocity and retaliatory threats in light of actual experience since early 1975, especially the United States' aggressive use of the section 301, special 301, and super 301 provisions of US trade law, which gives the president broad authority to retaliate against "unjustifiable, unreasonable,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0881320846
• ISBN13: 9780881320848
• Release Date: September 1994
• Publisher: Peterson Institute for International Economic
• Length: 503 Pages
• Weight: 1.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher